Every Saturday I have to bake a little something and bring it by the leasing office. I enjoy this since it gives me a chance to bake cupcakes and other sweets which I normally don’t like to keep around the apartment. I made a white cake batter to be used in regular sized Tye-Dye cupcakes. Tye-Dye cupcakes totally beat buying a boxed ‘rainbow chip’ cake mix. The colors are pretty as you can see (click on the picture for a larger image), and each cupcake looks different

Go ahead and invest in a pack of food coloring gel, they last for a long time! I had left over Ghirardelli white chocolate that I used to make a white chocolate frosting. I put a monster amount of frosting on each cupcake, but so does Sprinkles Cupcakes and they always have a line out the door.

Tye Dye Cupcakes with
White Chocolate Frosting

-White Cake Batter (homemade or boxed)
-At least 5 colored food gels (I used pink, purple, red, blue, dark green, neon green and yellow)

Divide the cake batter into 5 bowls (or however many colors you have) and color the batter until it is the desired color. Grease cupcake wrappers and add a bit of each batter. I like to make each cupcake different looking by starting and ending each one with different colors. Use a skewer or toothpick and swirl each cupcake only once. You don’t want to mix the colors. Bake your cupcakes like you normally would and let cool.

Ghirardelli White Chocolate Frosting

4 1/2 oz Ghirardelli white chocolate, chopped
1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
6 Tbl butter, softened
pinch of salt

1. Melt the white chocolate in a double broiler and stir until smooth. Set aside.
2. Sift the powdered sugar in mixing bowl and beat all other ingredients until smooth. Add white chocolate and beat until smooth. Add cream or powdered sugar to adjust the consistency if you need to. Chill for 30 minutes before using.